Little DeMarinis will open in the George Washington Bay View Post 180 of the American Legion, at 2860 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., said Alec Karter, who brokered the deal. | July 25, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(2)

Taylor Swift strays even further from her initial country pop sound with "Sweeter Than Fiction," her take on '80s bubblegum pop. Associated Press photo by Charlie Sykes.| Oct. 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Readers who had an early look at the annual "Best American" anthologies and other best-of writing collections might have seen an indicator for this year's Nobel Prize for literature.

Canadian writer Alice Munro, this year's Nobel lit laureate, is included in three of the collections, with different stories in "The Best American Short Stories" ("Train") and "The O. Henry Prize Stories" ("Leaving Maverley") and a personal essay in "The Best American Essays" ("Night"). (All three works come from her 2012 book "Dear Life.") | Oct. 30, 2013»Read Full Article

"Toward Evening," as its title suggests, is a slight story preoccupied with a dreamy state of fading light and lust. Tired Rafe catches a bus in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral. He helps boost a chubby woman on to the bus. | Oct. 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Veteran pop-rock act Chicago returns to Milwaukee April 30 for a 7 p.m. show at the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Formed in 1969 as the Chicago Transit Authority, the horns-and-harmonies-powered band has had 21 top 10 singles in its 40-plus-year tenure ( "Saturday in the Park," "25 or 6 to 4," "If You Leave Me Now," "Make Me Smile," "Hard to Say I'm Sorry," etc.), and is still recording new material, including "America," posted online earlier this year. | Oct. 30, 2013»Read Full Article(2)